The Lindsay Clancy Case: Who Is Responsible for Coordinating Care?

Public Administration Professor Lauren Hajjar argues that the case raises broader questions about how healthcare providers coordinate care, share information, and create accountability across organizational boundaries
Illustration of doctors from above sitting around a table

In a new commentary for WBUR's "Cognoscenti," Public Service and Healthcare Administration Professor Lauren Hajjar applies her research and learning to the Lindsay Clancy case.

"When many providers are involved in caring for the same patient, does the healthcare system enable them to function as one coordinated team?" Hajjar asks. "The Clancy case offers an opportunity to look beyond individual decisions and ask whether anyone was positioned to see and coordinate the whole," she says.

Read the full commentary.

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